Even before I joined the Westman Jams, (a local Bluegrass Music themed Jam group.), I had always had a slight taste for Bluegrass. I remember when I first heard this tune and right away I had to learn it.

There is something about Bluegrass, and by extension, Bluegrass-Gospel, that has always appealed to me. This style of music utilizes timing formats that, in other music genres, would be considered unacceptable. Bluegrass artists often take a line, in a song, and they will extend it on...

As a singer, from a long line of family singers, I often feel strongly that a friend ought to sing at the funeral of any musician or singer who has passed away. I'm also a big fan of the concept of the Irish Wake, which is a musical party held after a funeral to celebrate the life of the person who passed away. This seems to me to be a far better way to remember...

Why Don't You Tell Me So' is my cover of a classic bluegrass number, performed originaly by the musical legends Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs. In an effort to learn to sing harmony, this was one of the first bluegrass songs I recorded on my now, somwhat obsolete mult-track software.